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To: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com>
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Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN adapters? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Jun 1997 14:45:56 CDT."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 15:22:49 -0700
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>Well, I now have part of my network running at 100mbps, but now I
>have another problem.  It has to do with some (older?) Intel
>EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN adapters that I have gotten (surplus, for
>a good price).  Are these in some way different from the Intel
>EtherExpress PRO/100B adapters that are mentioned in the handbook
>under Ethernet cards?  The reason I ask is that my system doesn't
>notice these cards when I boot.  Are these, perhaps, older and
>non-supported adapters?

   The old, big, Pro/100 cards are an entirely different animal and stand
no chance of working with the fxp driver. We have no support for those in
FreeBSD.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project